How To Install elpa-no-littering on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-no-littering on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-no-littering
elpa-no-littering is:
The default paths used to store configuration files and persistent data are not consistent across Emacs packages. This isn’t just a problem with third-party packages but even with built-in packages.
This package sets out to fix this by changing the values of path
variables to put files in either no-littering-etc-directory' (defaulting to "~/.emacs.d/etc/") or no-littering-var-directory'
(defaulting to “~/.emacs.d/var/”), and by using descriptive file
names and subdirectories when appropriate.
There are three methods to install elpa-no-littering on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install elpa-no-littering Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-no-littering using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-no-littering
Install elpa-no-littering Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-no-littering using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-no-littering
Install elpa-no-littering Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-no-littering using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-no-littering
How To Uninstall elpa-no-littering on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-no-littering package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-no-littering
Uninstall elpa-no-littering And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-no-littering and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-no-littering
Remove elpa-no-littering Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-no-littering configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-no-littering
Remove elpa-no-littering configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-no-littering configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-no-littering
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-no-littering package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
